Author: PPD Team Date: 04/12/2024
Solar Industries India and its subsidiary have secured export orders worth Rs 20.39 billion for the supply of defence products to international clients.
The deliveries will span four years.
In November, the company received another export order valued at Rs 3.99 billion from an overseas customer, to be fulfilled within three years.
Author: PPD Team Date: 14/11/2024 The Minns Labor Government in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, has approved the A$4.8 billion ($3.12 billion) Humelink transmission project, a 365 km infrastructure line designed to deliver renewable energy across southern NSW. Pending final approval from the Commonwealth Government, construction is set to commence this year, with completion targeted by 2027. The Humelink project is expected to create 1,600 construction jobs and contribute A$6.3 billion in direct and indirect…
Author: PPD Team Date: 07/03/2025 The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has issued the draft CEA (Installation and Operation of Meters) (5th Amendment) Regulations, 2025, proposing key changes to metering rules for electricity consumers, generators, and licensees. Public comments on the draft will be accepted until April 5, 2025. One of the major revisions includes updating the definition of interface meters, which will now apply to meters used for accounting and billing at interconnection points between…
Author: PPD Team Date: 11/11/2024 NTPC has synthesised CO2 captured from flue gas with hydrogen produced from a PEM electrolyser to create methanol at its Vindhyachal plant. NTPC Chairman Gurdeep Singh, speaking at the company’s 50th Raising Day, highlighted that both the CO2 capture plant and the CO2-to-methanol plant are the first of their kind globally, a historic advancement in sustainable fuel production. NTPC is also progressing in areas like Gen-4 ethanol, green urea, and…
Author: PPD Team Date: 13/01/2025 NTPC Limited plans to commission Unit-III of the North Karanpura (Pakri Barwadih) Power Project by March 2025. The project, located near Tandwa town in Chatra district, Jharkhand, involves three units of 660 MW each and is being developed at an investment of Rs 151.64 billion. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor for the project.
Author: PPD Team Date: 21/05/2025 Siemens Limited has won a contract worth Rs 196.58 million for civil works related to the Distributed Control System (DCS) upgrade in Unit I of the Suratgarh Thermal Power Station (TPS). The contract is part of the Renovation and Modernization (R&M) programme initiated by Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (RRVUNL), which invited bids in February 2024. The scope includes design, engineering, supply, retrofitting, erection, testing, and commissioning of the…
Author: PPD Team Date: 28/05/2025 REC Power Distribution Company Limited (REC PDCL) has incorporated three special purpose vehicles (SPVs) for transmission projects in Karnataka. The SPVs were established on May 21, 2025, to facilitate project development under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) route. Hampapura Power Transmission Limited will implement the project for establishing a 400 kV substation at Hampapura, along with associated transmission lines in Mandya district. Sharavathi Power Transmission Limited has been formed for…